Valentine Day Christian
Posted on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Who was St. Valentine? He was someone that the Catholic Church recognizes as a miracle worker, so he gave holiness? Or was a stirrer I used love as a tool to redress injustice in a country of oppression? What does this mean for us?
The legends abound and opinion. Some believe that Valentine was a priest during the third century of the Life under the autocracy of Roman rule. According to history, when Emperor Claudius II decreed that young men should stay single to become good soldiers of the fighting, lovers Valentine secretly married and was eventually sentenced to death for her.
The legends differ the details of their actions still agree that Valentine has spent some time in a Roman prison, and, perhaps, sent the first Valentine's Day. Would fell in love with a young woman who visited him in prison in Rome. Supposedly, before his death, he sent a letter signed "From your Valentine." Therefore, our current practice of sending letters and notes of love on February 14, with similar wording.
There are many other stories surrounding the history of Valentine's Day. The attachment of his name at February 14 implies the desire of the Christian Church to the combination a religious festival with a pagan ritual that took place in mid February. This festival was called Lupercalia. This took place February 15 and is a rite Purification extend fertility festival in honor of the god Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture. Valentine's Theme love and compassion merged easily with a celebration of pagan fertility. Despite the death Valentine was probably on a different date, which is currently celebrating his holiness on February 14 as a day for romance.
What is it in May, recognizing all the stories of love, compassion, heroism Valentine and romantic nature. He paid with his life for the love you gave so selflessly. It is a model, an example of how love manifests itself. Their recognition of the desire of the heart to join another law, overcome a cruel and abusive.
No matter which version of the history of Valentine's Day we decided to believe and realize our own lives, Valentine remains a model of selfless love can easily be regarded as unconditional. When love has conditions, not love. Then it becomes something more. The love of Valentine had to be unconditional if he would stand firm under the oppression of the time. It echoes to show us love in its finest form. This is the true and absolute gift of himself, without conditions or restrictions.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep the more you give,
More I, for both are infinite.
-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
People who are in countries which are mainly non-Christians celebrate Valentine's Day, February 14?
For example, the Muslims, Jews, Protestants, Buddhists, etc. celebrate? After the day named after a Catholic saint, Valentine.
Yes do - the majority Indonesia, Dubai, Turkey, Malaysia,
Valentine's Day - Christian or Pagan Tradition - Part 1
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